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Kaabil
Movie poster
Directed bySanjay Gupta
Written bySanjay Masoom
Vijay Kumar Mishra
Produced byRakesh Roshan
StarringHrithik Roshan
Yami Gautam
Ronit Roy
Rohit Roy
CinematographySudeep Chatterjee
Ayananka Bose
Edited byAkiv Ali
Music byRajesh Roshan
Production
company
Distributed byFilmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd
B4U Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 25 January 2017 (2017-01-25)[1]
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹ 35 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹73.26 crore[3]

Kaabil (English: Capable) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Sanjay Gupta, written by Vijay Kumar Mishra, produced by Rakesh Roshan under his banner FilmKraft Productions.[4] It features a love affair between two blind people, act by Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam.[5][6] Music is composed by Rajesh Roshan. Principal photography of the film began on 30 March 2016.[7]

Kaabil released on 25 January 2017.

Plot

Rohan Hrithik Roshan is a visually impaired man who works as a cartoon voice actor for a living. He meets Supriya Yami Gautam, a visually challenged, but independent working woman, after being coaxed by a common well-wisher. Although both are initially reluctant to ever marry, they eventually start liking each other and get married.

One night on their way back home after dining at a restaurant, they are interrupted by Amit Shellar, a local goon and younger brother of Madhavrao Shellar- a well known politician and his friend Wasim. Both being intoxicated behave inappropriately with the couple enraging Rohan and are involved in heated exchange of words.

The next morning while Rohan is out for work, Amit and Wasim sneak into the house and sexually assault Supriya. A mortified Rohan immediately calls up the police who advise him to get his wife medically examined in 24 hours to prove the assault. While Rohan and Supriya are on their way to the clinic, they are kidnapped by Shellar's men and are held captive for 36 hours. After setting them free, they are criticised by the police and doctors for the delay in admitting Supriya. Heartbroken, they both return home. While tormented, Supriya attempts to try and live normally, but Rohan becomes silent and introspective, which breakes Supriya further.

One morning, Rohan returns early from work to apologise to Supriya for not being as supportive as he should have, only to find her hanging down a fan. Later, when Rohan is brooding over losing Supriya, Madhavrao visits him and admits that his brother Amit assaulted Supriya not once but twice. He also threatens him and asks him to forget about what had happened. Rohan finds Supriya's braille note which ascertains that the second assault led to her eventual suicide. This sets off a change in Rohan's persona. He visits the police station and implies that he will avenge his wife's death.

He formulates various ideas and uses his voice modulating skills to fool and eventually kill Wasim, Amit Shellar and Madhavrao Shellar. The police with no evidence against Rohan, a visually impaired man, stand helpless. Rohan sets free Supriya's ashes into the sea and bids her farewell.

Cast

Production

Development

Sanjay Gupta announced the film officially in January 2016 with Hrithik Roshan portraying the lead role, Rakesh Roshan producing the project and Rajesh Roshan composing the film score. Yami Gautam was confirmed to play the lead heroine while brothers Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy have played negative role in the film.[10][11][12]

The film is produced by Rakesh Roshan under his production house under FilmKraft Productions Pvt. Ltd. Rajesh Roshan will compose the music and Salim–Sulaiman giving background music to the film and Resul Pookutty for the film's sound design. The film's cinematography was performed by Sudeep Chatterjee and Ayananka Bose.

Filming

The principal photography commenced in Mumbai in March 2016. The entire shooting is scheduled to be completed by July 2016. The movie is slated to release on 25 January 2017.[13] Filming for the first schedule wrapped on 19 June 2016.[14] Film shooting was completed in 77 days.[15]

Release

The film was released on 25 January 2017 along with Rahul Dholakia's Raees starring Shah Rukh Khan. Kaabil opened in 2700 screens whereas Raees opened in 3500 screens.[16]

Critical response

The Indian Express gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 and said, "Hrithik does all the heavy lifting and remains the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a movie. He still has the moves. What he needs is a plot."[17] Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi gave the film 2 out of 5 and called it a "predictable revenge and retribution saga that offers nothing new other than the visually impaired protagonists."[18][19]

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "On the whole, KAABIL is gripping, gut-wrenching and is likely to stay with you for a long time."[20]

Meena Iyer of Times of India gave the film a rating of 4/5 stars, noting that the movie seemed to be inspired by the 1989 movie Blind Fury and the 2014 Korean movie Broken.[21] Iyer praised Roshan's performance as his "all-time best", and felt that the character Rohan was "vulnerable as a lover and menacing as a killing-machine".

Mike McCahill from The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5, and remarked that "Sanjay Gupta’s tale of a blind dubbing artist avenging the ghost of his wife is the sort of nonsense the Indian film industry stopped churning out 20 years ago."[22] Sukanya Varma from Rediff.com gave the film 2.5 on 5, and felt that "Kaabil serves nothing beyond an unabashed platform to vaunt a seething Hrithik, sentimental Hrithik, snarky Hrithik, sly Hrithik or spry Hrithik..."[23] Saibal Chaterjee from NDTV gave the movie 2.5 out of 5, calling the film "...paisa vasool fare, if not more."[24]

Business Standard criticized the movie's plot and direction: "I’m not sure what’s more infuriating about this film – whether it’s regressive or stupid. Or whether it’s regressive and stupid and joyless and monotonous and silly and pointless. In fact, let’s call Kaabil for what it is: a B-movie with well-known actors. Worse, it’s exacerbated by shoddy CG, fake earnestness and a needless item number."[25][26]

Soundtrack

Untitled

This music for the film is composed by Rajesh Roshan. Singer Jubin Nautiyal has sung three songs in the film.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kaabil Hoon"Nasir FaraazJubin Nautiyal, Palak Muchhal5:14
2."Haseeno Ka Deewana"Kumar, AnjaanRaftaar, Payal Dev3:50
3."Kuch Din"Manoj MuntashirJubin Nautiyal4:27
4."Mon Amour"Manoj MuntashirVishal Dadlani5:00
5."Kaabil Hoon" (Sad Version)Nasir FaraazJubin Nautiyal1:37
6."Kisi Se Pyar Ho Jaye"Kumaar, Anand BakshiJubin Nautiyal4:11

References

  1. ^ "Kaabil: Hrithik Roshan flaunts new release date in Tamil, Telugu posters".
  2. ^ "Hrithik Roshan's film covers production cost already". Indian Express. 5 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Hrithik Roshan's Kaabil". Bollywood Hungama. 26 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Exclusive: 'Kaabil' trailer leaked before release, Rakesh Roshan shocked".
  5. ^ "Yami Gautam's thank you note makes Hrithik Roshan emotional". TOI. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Yami Gautam’s post on Kaabil leaves Hrithik Roshan teary-eyed". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved on 2017-01-28.
  7. ^ Iyer, Sanyukta (30 March 2016). "Lights, camera, action for Hrithik". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  8. ^ Bhanage, Mihir (14 May 2016). "Girish Kulkarni in Hrithik-Yami starrer Kaabil". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  9. ^ "After Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan turns to Urvashi Rautela"
  10. ^ "Rohit Roy and Ronit Roy to play villains in Sanjay Gupta's Kaabil". Bollywood Hungama. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Ronit Roy to play negative role in Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaabil'". IBTimes.
  12. ^ "Hrithik Roshan to fight 'baddies' Ronit and Rohit Roy in Kaabil". Deccan Chronicle.
  13. ^ "Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaabil' to go on floors March end". The Indian Express.
  14. ^ "Hrithik Roshan wraps first schedule of Kaabil". 20 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaabil' complete ahead of schedule".
  16. ^ Raees Vs Kaabil: SRK Gets Bumper Opening, Hrithik Loses Box Office Race. English.jagran.com. Retrieved on 2017-01-28.
  17. ^ "Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan has all the moves, only if he had a plot". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Kaabil: leaching boredom". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Critics' Verdict: 'Kaabil' Is Barely Rescued By Hrithik's Act". The Quint. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  20. ^ "Kaabil movie review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  21. ^ "Kaabil Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Kaabil review – preposterous Hrithik Roshan melodrama stuck in Bollywood's past". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Kaabil Review: It's all about Hrithik!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  24. ^ "Kaabil Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan Is Convincing In A Paisa Vasool Film". NDTV. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  25. ^ "Movie review: Kaabil is stupid, regressive and joyless". Business Standard. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  26. ^ "Movie Review: Kaabil Not 'Tareef Ke Kaabil'". The Quint. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
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